Chapter 4.3: Knight Commander Houston
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Looking closely at the situation, the Faerie that used to accompany Bash on the battlefield was there too, bound and tied up in a padded bag, laying on the table.
Houston was familiar with this Faerie.
After being taken deliberately taken prisoner by the enemy, she would use some kind of strange magic to inform Bash of her, and thus her captor’s, position.
Faeries were prized for the restorative properties of the dust they gave off, so they were rarely killed, even when captured.
Taking advantage of the Humans’ behavior, she would intentionally get trapped, giving her would-be-jailers a nasty green surprise.
“Zell, the Master Baiter BOOBYTRAP-BAIT ” is what they called her.
“Ju… Judith…”
His sense of duty towards his subordinates, who were attentively watching him, was the only thing holding Houston back from succumbing to his trauma and run away screaming.